Improvement in fluting-machines



EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY.

Improvement in Fluting Machines.

No. 121,235. Patented'Nov.28,1871.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING-MACHIN ES;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented certain Improvements in Fluting-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of gasheated machines which isemployed for crimping or fluting ladies frills, flounces,dress-trimmings, &c. The object of my invention is to produce a cheaper,more simple, and efficient fluting-machine than those in present use,especially those for which Letters Patent were granted to me March 22,1870, and April 4, 1871. The nature of my improvement consists indirectly connecting the hollow driving-crank (through which the gas andsmoke from the lower roller are discharged into the chimney) with thelower fluted roller by a clutch-coupling formed by the serrated end ofthe hollow crank and the serrated end of the lower roller, which engageswith and rotates with the upper roller, by means of which I am enabledto dispense with the ordinary gear-wheels and to remove the rollers forreplacement by others when necessary; and it also consists in employingthe chimney into which the ignited gas and smoke are discharged (fromthe gas-pipes which enter the rollers at their front ends) for bearingsfor the inner journal-ends of the rollers, the outer journal-ends ofsaid rollers being sustained by brackets attached to the chimney, and soarranged that the removable caps of said brackets are recessed forreception of the gas-pipes, which have shields for protecting the fabricto be fluted from the said gas-pipes, as I will further explain byreference to the accompanying drawing, of which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a gas-heated fluting-machine embodying my invention; Fig.2, a rear elevation; Fig. 3, a vertical and longitudinal section; Fig.4, an end view, showing gas-pipes and shields; Fig. 5, a horizontalsection through crank; and Figs. 6 and 7, views of serrated ends ofroller and hollow crank-shaft, which form the clutch-coupling.

In the said drawing, A is the stand of the machine; B, the chimneybolted to the stand; 0, the sliding or removable portion of the chimney;D E, the brackets attached to the chimney, which sustain the flutedhollow rollers at their outer ends in caps F Gr screwed to the brackets,the inner ends of said rollers being sustained in the chimney B, thebracket E, carrying the upper roller 6, being made to slide away fromthe bracket D, which sustains the lower roller cl, so as to admit ofintroducing the article to be fluted between the rolls. H h is a leverand stay-bar, sustained in a stationary arm, I, extending from thechimney, said leverbeingconnected, by a link, K, with the slidingbracket E, which has guiderods L L and spiral springs M M for connectingthe rollers after the sliding bracket is released from its leverage. Nis the hollow crank-shaft, serrated at O for the purpose of engagingwith the serrated end P of the lower roller 01, and having apertures afor escape of the gas from the lower roller into the chimney, (see Figs.3, 5, 6, and 7,) by means of which clutch-connection the machine isoperated by the crank. B R are the gas-pipes, sustained in bearings S Sattached to the chimney, the upper pipe R sliding with the upper roll.Both gas-pipes, extending along the brackets to the front ends of therolls, where they enter recesses T T in the caps F G, are perforated toallow escape of the gas for ignition, (see Fig. 3,) are sustained withinthe rollers in bearings U U, and are covered, so as to prevent contactof the gaspipes with the fabric while being fluted, by shields V Vscrewed to the caps F G.

I claim- The combination of the lower roll 01, with the clutch-couplingN O n, and crank-handle, arranged with the chimney B O, as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 2d day ofOctober, 1871.

EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, CHARLES COHEN. (38)

